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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-18

! to a realm of tears. / couldn't do it."
Well, then, what do you want? A tlou
sand voices in the audience cry out, Coon
fort, give US comfort" For that reason
have rolled away the stone from the
wells mouth Come, ell We wounded OF
the flock, pursued of wolves, come 10 the
| fountain where the Lords sick ard bereft
| ores have come.
"Ab," says some one, 'you are net old
enough to understand nj sorrows. You
have not been in the world as long as |
hsve, and you can't talk to me about my
misfortunes in the time CT old age"
| Well, may not have lived IS long as you,
but l have been great deal among old
| people, snd l know how they feel about
| their falling health, aDd about their de-
parted friends, and ABOUT the loneliness
/ that sometimes
STRIKES THROUGH THEIR SOULS.
/ After two persons have lived together fOT
| forty or fifty years, and one OF them is
taken away, Whist desolation! l shall
not forget the cry Of the late Rev. DR.. De
| Witt of New York when he stood by the
| open grave of his beloved wife, and, after
! the obsequies had ended, he looked down
! iato the open place and sid Farewell,
ny honored, faithful and beloved wife.
| The bond that bound US is severed. Thou
art in glory, and am here on earth. We
shall meet again. FAREWELL FAREWELL"
To lean on g prop for fifty years, and then
/ have it break under you. There were
only two years difference between the
death Of nay father Snd mother After my
mothers deCease, my father used to go
around as though looking for something;
/ he would often get up from one room,
without any seeming reason, and 60 tO
smother room; and then he would take
! his cane and start out and some one would
say: "Father, where are you going2"
and he would answer: az don't know ey-
actly where | am going" Always look
ing for something. Though he was a ter
der-heGrted man, | never sew him cry
! but once, and that was at the burial OF
my mother, After sixty years living to-
| gether it wss hard to part. And there are
aged people day who are feeling just
such pang IS that. want to tell them
there is perfect enchentment IN the
promises Of this gospel; and l come to
them and offer them my arm, or
take their arm and bring
| them to this gospel well. Sit down,
! father or mother, sit down. S ee if there
| is anything at the well for you. Come,
! David, the psalmist, have you anything
encouraging to offer them? eyes," says
the psslmist, "they shall still bring forth
! fruit in old age, they shall be fat and
/ fJurishir@, to show that the Lord is up
right
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-18

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natl and eastern cities, and st Purcell
with WelIs-Fargo & Cos Express for
Kansas City, Mo, and sll points n Kan
sas, Nebraska and Iowa.
We offer quickest and most direct
route between Galveston aud Houston,
and Fort Worth. Gainesville snd inter
mediate points.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-04-02

ing drawn into the Southern CALI
fornia net will be coming back in
disgust and looking for a country
where there are no hot nights, no
malaria, no 100 in the shade, and
where fruits and vegetables are al
lowed proper time to mature, and
are not one-third water when ready
to eat.
Nevada, with its high, dry oil
mate. its strong soil, its freedom
from the diseases incidental to
the lower hot attitudes, viii be the
place for these people who have
tried Southern California and got
ten disappointed with it.
There is nothing, however. to
guide them here, no immigration
society, and no pamphlets to scatter
on the train. All they will know
about the State is that its Legisla-
ture killed all the State develop
ment, artesian well and irrigation
bills that were worth anything, and
they will naturally go through with
out investigating
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-04-02

AGENT FORChampion Machines and other machines, Oh
Eureka Hose, Buck Stoves,
Medallion Ranges other goods in line
Will fill all special orders low prices Timers and Plumbers
constantly hand TO do work short notice.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-04-02

you more money right away than
anything else in this world. All, of
either Tex, succeed from first hour The
broad Dad TO fortune opens before the
workers, absolutely sure. At once adj.
Aresss TRUE Co., Augusta Maine.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-04-02

a. Bergman is about to go TO San
Francisco to pu chase new Spring
goods. On his return this space will
contain his new announcement.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
Life in Ana Ocenn.s nenlls.

Fishes are not very common in deep
water, and until lately it was thought
there were mono, chiefly because Of the
immense pressure being one ton per
square inch for every 1000 iathoms.
As sunlight fails about 200 fathoms
down, vegetable life also ceases, and as
consequence deep sea fishes are
carnivorous The most voracioIs often
cat their own offspring, while Others are
nourishcd by animalcul1. which ike Il
constant rain, settle down from the
higher waters. Some are blind, some
have ordinary eyes, others lave phos-
phorescent protuberances TO furnish
them wish light. Sir c. Wyyille
Thompson (of the Challenger says that
animals OF all the marine inyertebrate
classes and probably fishes also, exist
all over the floor OF the ocean. So far
the greftest depth reached br Il dredge
in which fish were enclosed is 1900
fathoms; but the specimen thus OBJ
tanned belongs to species which seems
to be abundant in upper strata Of the
Atlantic and Pacific acd was therefore
most likely caught by the dredge in its
ascent. The next greatest depth, viz,
300 fath.ms, must be accepted as one
at which fishes undoubtedly doliye, the
fish obtained at this depth Of the At
lantic showing by &c, whole habit that
it is fHn living on the bottom
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
Healthy and Unhealthy Occupations.

The English Registrar General has
made a comparison between healthy and
unhealty occupations. Assuming the
normal average death rate Of the com
munity as the unit of comparison, and
calling it 1000, particular occupations
may be regarded as healthy orunhealthy
according as the death-rates among those
pursuing them fall above or below that
figure. The most healthy occupation
appears to be THAT Of ministers Of re-
ligion, whose rate is 500. Next are
gardeners and nnrscrymen, $50; farm
ers and GLACIERS, G3i; agricultural labor
els, 701 sehoolmasters, 49, and gro
GERS, coal merchants, paper, lace, and
hosiery manufactures. whcelwrights,
ship-builders and coal miners, with all
o. whom the average death rate is under
10. The most unhealthy occupations
are the trades connected with the liquor
traffic and hotel service, with which the
death rate is 2. 20J; following these arc
general laborers in London, 2,020, COS
5crmongers, bankers aud street sellers,
1879; innkcepers, etc, I 521; and
brewers, 1861 After the trades con-
cerned with alcohol, the highest rates
are furnished by occupations that involve
the breathing Of dust other than coal
dust and exposure to lead poisoning.
The death rate among butchers ig also
high, /, no. = Popular Science Monthly
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
Where The Day Begins.

According to the way in which this
arrangement is now carried out, she first
land that the new day dawns upon is
Easter Island, about $50 miles west Of
the coast of Chill South America. That
is TO say, the Cd of July breaks here
within few hours of the list having
broken on the American coast to the
east and the two days run on along
side tho I'd in Easter Island and places
west, the LIST in all places on the Ameri
can continent. We may therefore
realize this idea--that at I20 O'Clock
any morning of our lives in Great Brit
ain, the next day is commencing on the
world, and is to be found at this little
island in the Pacific ocean, whence in
due course ii will travel round to us.
BIT to have thus the start of the world
is not an unmitgated advantage to these
islanders. suppose one OF them sails east
to America what is the resulti He
will find they keep the day there
undera different date, and he will have to
reckon one day in his calender twice over
to put himself right with their notions.
On the other hand, il an American eros
ses from east to west this wonderful
magic line where the day begius, he
will find the dates in this fresh part of
the world are one in advance of him,
and he must needs strike day out
Of his calendar 10 keep up with the
times This fact was curiously illus
trated in the case of Magellan, the Por-
tuguese captain, who sailed round the
world from east to west in 1922 and
having crossed the magic line of days
BIRTH in his wanderiugs, his calendar
became Of course a day in arrear. The
sailors were completely ignorant of this,
and finding, on landing at home, that
their Sabbath was falling on Monday
they accused one another Of tampering
with the reckoning Ii was not for
some time that the true explanation was
discovered. - Chambers Journal
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
A serenade in Dahomey. Africa.

That night, perhaps, as soother to
my nerves, the king gave US a sercaade
by his own private band ! was awak-
eaed about midnight with a noise that
can compare to nothing but a thunder
storm in scales. They ran from high 10
low, and got terribly mixed in the mid
die. 1t was not really unpleasant, but
like the Ginning Of bells, should be heard
at a distance the greater the distance
the better sprang TO the window to
find that band consisted Of twenty-five
men, each with log, or piece Of wood,
the largest so heavy that it took four
men to carry IT, These were set, one
end on the ground, the other supported
by a wooden trestle, and beaten on the
high end with wooden hammers, Of all
sizes, from the hand hammer TO asleagc,
each stick or log emitting rs sound, but
no distinguishaDte air resulted. ~ North
American Review
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
NO. 5.
Anstralia,s Rnhhlt PIagne.

Several Of the worst pests Of our fields
in the way of weeds, were introduced
here from Europe as ornamental or use.
full plants. From similar ignorance Or
thoughtlessness, the rabbit was intro
duced into Australia as pet, or posi-
bly, as harmless creature of tho chase,
and he has already proved himself more
than match for dogs and men.
The London Telegraph tells US that
one tract Of scrub, or bush half as
large as Scotland, is already SO overrnn
with rabbits that it is abandoned by tho
settlers.
The soil of the scrub u mixture Of
sand and dust lis admirably suited to
the rabbit for bhrrowing in The lack
Of rain he does not mind in the least, Or
if he does mind, it is to take delight in
the drought AS compared with the
wet, clayey soil OF England the dust ol
Australia is 4 rabbits paradise.
Nature practiscs q curious economy ID
allowing the rabbit to thrive. In the
first place this animal eats the scauty
heritage upon which the settlers sheep
were pastured. Then the Wild dogs,
which were nearly cXtelminated, find
tho fat rabbits excellent food, so that
the dogs in turn multiply and grow
strong. Thus the dogs become en-
boldoned and attack the poorly fed
sheep. The country has therefore to be
abandoned to the rabbits aud dogs
Fcrrets and weasels have been im-
ported into Australia to prey upon tha
rabbits, but, strangely enough, these
natural enemies fraternize in the colonies.
Thousands Of bushels of poisoned oats
have been sown where the rabbits
would eat them, but the increase Of the
animals has not been stopped.
The only protection 70 the fields OF
wheat against the mischicvous visits Of
the rabbits is to fence with wire netting.
Besides fence such as the creature cam
not hop over, a strip of netting has to
be laid fat upon the ground to prevent
him from burrowing under it.
AT the same time that the rabbits arc
multiplying 50 rapidly in Australia, the
price is advancing in all the markets oe
Europe A market value win prove
more fatal to the animal than poisoned
oats or weasels or a bounty on his cars.
Once let it become possible TO furnish
the rabbits fresh in the markets Of Lon
don, and what is now the pest 81 Aus
tralia will prove source Of revenue 70
the settlers Youths Companion.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
The Zine supply.

In 1885 the worlds production Of zinc
amounted to 291, 600 tons Of 2, 240
pounds each 255, go Of which was Oh.
tanned in Europe and 36, $50 in tho
United States. The principal zinc pros
ducing states in this country are illi-
nois, Kansas, and Missouri, which stood
in this order in volume Of output Ia
1885. The production Of Missouri was
about one ninth Of that Of the wh0lo
country in that year. Zinc ores aro
found in large or small quantities III
nearly every county Of tho state south of
TIC Missouri river 1t is generally III
conjunction with lead In Franklin,
Crawford, Jefferson and Washington
counties, it IS found disseminated III
immcusa bodies Of barytes with lead,
The richest zinc deposits are found on
Or near the Ozark mountains. Most og
Tic zinc mined ia the state IS obtaiued
IN the southwestern counties, principal
IL in Jaspar and Newton In one week
the mine, OF Jaspar county produced
over . 500, 600 pounds Of this metal, sssz5-
price Or which was about $40, 900 az the
miues.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
AN EAST WIND.
BY HATTIE A. COOLEY

1t was the cast WIND Not doubt
about that
The amount OF mischief that an cast
wind can work in the daily lives of us
poor mortals islreally astonishing.
When you get up some morning with
a sort Of edgcwise feeling toward the
world, if things seem inclined to topple
over and get out Of place at the merest
touch-in fact, everything goes wrong
IN q peculiarly eXasperating manner, you
have good reason to suspect that the
wind is in the east. That IS certainly
where it was on this particular morning
at the Deane's
Fer several days the cooks tooth had
given ominous threatenings. And when
did an casterly Wind ever propitiate the
fo3thache?
III this case at least it aggravated the
eluI gmmblings into what the sufferer
terrned the ''jumpin' toothoche, with
she awful throbbings of which il was
not to be expected that she would be
over soLcitous in regard to the quality
of the coffee or the state of the beef
steak.
Now Father Deane himself had
passed far from a comfortable night be-
tween twinges of neuralgia in his head
and rheumatic aches down his back, to
say nothing Of the creaking of a certain
blind which never made the least noise
except when the wind was in this one
direction. The breakfast, muddy cof-
fee and weak at that, the cook having
simply poured in more water upon the
old grounds without so much as adding
a grain Of fresh coffee, and steak burnt
in respect to outward appearance but
raw in inward reality-no, the breakfast
did not tend to soothe him into better
frame OF mind Generally he was q
pretty Jolly, good-natured man, but
when he was down, as the cook said,
he was down indade." He was down
--indade' this morning. So poor Mother
Deane sighed very often. She was
sinister little body, keenly alive to her
husbands moods.
Miss Winnie Deane's was the only
bright face al the breakfast table. She
scarcely noticed her fathers frowns or
her mother's signs The words which
Charley Trayer had whispered the even
ing before rang too loudly through her
happy thoughts He was to see her
father at the Office this very morning.
And, knowing by actual experience that
after good breakfast Father Deane
never had the heart to refuse his daugh-
ter anything, she had charged Charley
to be sure and 90 early before business
began. she felt very confident that it
would be the most favorable Of times to
speak 70 her father, bat then there
wasn't the slightest doubt as to his
answer any way; for had not Charley
'fraSer always been a great favodt9 Of
his
hiss Nennie little realized hat queer
change, come about with shifting
Wind IS sch as with turn Of the tide
slsaN
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19

wait awhile He bore Il better. TOO,
than should il I'd been in his shoes.
Butt dare say he's horribly yexed at
me; wouldn't blame BIN bit. either, if
he were. must have Winnie apologize
for me, She Il make it all right ! can
keep my word too. Lucky for me that |
put chat in; | hate to go back on my
word OF course they will both be older
than they were this morning. | must
have been good deal out Of sorts to
have acted that way, | always did like
Charley"
Meanwhile mother Deano had cxcrtcd
herself to cure the cooks toothachc,
and, having succeeded after time her
patient, in her gratitude, did her very
| best in the matter Of a dinner of which
it may be said chat after Father Dcaue
had done ample justice to it, he was en-
tireIy his 3olly, good natured self again
And when anxious Winnie pcrchcd her
self on lis knee TO whisper, Did
Charley come to the office this morning
he kissed her bIushing checks and said
little confuscdly eyes, dear; but |
was somewhat out of sorts and shouldn't
wonder ii answered the poor fellow
rather shortly When he calls you can
explain it TO him and tel him | said it
was all right il he'd waltz couple Of
years before taking you away ! can't
lose you just yet, this with another
kiss, but / don't know Of any one I'd
rather have for son-in-law than Charley
Traver."
\ very downcast, disconSoIate- looking
person was the Charley who came an
hour later. But, when Winnie had cX-
planned and delivered her fathers mes
sage he laughed with sudden elevation
of spirits ITS all right now" he de-
carcd, but ! did feel most awlully cut
up over it. However, like wise
young man, lie RETAINED from entering
into further particulars Of the interview
in her fathers Office. While within,
with loving hearts, The two sat planning
the beautiful future they were to spend
together outside, among the shorn
branches of the one evergreen by the
parlor window, the wind, no longer a
mischicvous east wind, but the sweetest
Of southern brcczes-was softly wills
perine. But neither of the two listened
to it for they did not know how it had
mixed itself up with the DAYS doings,
nor how closely the happy outcome OF it
all was interviewer with the tickle ca
price Of an idle, shifting wind. r. Chi
cage Current
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19
The Weary World.

Far down the winding lane of years,
The weary world is slowly vending;
Grim walls of fate and gates of tears
10 trembling prayers no answer senling.
Yet through it all sweet spirits call,
Through lonely days of grief and aching
A-Hopes roses blossom on the wall,
To keep the worlds great heart from
breaking
Across the sobbilg sea Of doom
The weary world is slowly drifting;
Eyes wet with tears pierce through the
gloom,
Yet see no sign Of rest or rifting.
Still, angels bright, from some far height,
Repeat through hours Of weary waking:
III pes starlight shines through darkest
night.
To keep the worlds great heart from
breaking"
Ger troubled waves by paths of rue,
Faint souls press towards the land Of par
don,
Burdened with crosses wet with dew
From chill Gethsemanes lone garden.
Yet to and fro, now loud, now low,
A voice is sweetest music making
Hope, singing on, through pain and woe,
" keep the worlds great heart from
breaking
-[Clarence Urmey
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19

sIs your mistress in, Mary inquired
the heal Of the house, as he came home
"No, sou. The drcssmaker spoiled
her new silk, an She's gone there to see
about il.
"W-h-e-wH whistled the old man un
easily. Just say 70 her that am called
Bowu town on important business and
WON'T DE home u1l1 late. Puck.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1887-11-19

disagrecablc air Therefore he was a
trihe earlier as the Office boy was a triae
later than common, the latter having run
on an errand for his mother, who, be-
ing something Of an invalid, could not
90 out in all kinds of weather. Aud
consequently, Father Daauc had his
choice OF the dust from the boys vigor-
Gus sweeping or Of a tramp up and down
the draughty hall
He had just settled himself at the
desk when Charley Trayer came in.
The young mans face was somewhat
flushed, but he said Good morning,
Mr.. Deane, with bright cheerincss and
an air of confidence as to his reception
"Good morning, responded that gentle
mar coldly as lie turned about from his
desk and looked over his glasses at his
early caller. Some people do have such
an upsetting way OF peeFing over the
tops of their glasses at one; it would
discomfort the coolest heart and strong
est head. Charley Traver was self
possessed young man, but l suppose the
most self-posscsscd have moments Of
awkwardness. Charley had come now.
Nevertheless he plunged bravey to the
point at once.
Il presume you have noticed, M.
Deane, that have been quite frequent
visitor at your home lately"
Father Deane's bald head gave an al
most impcrccptible nod which was not
very helpful to the young man.
"The fact is, said he, growing more
and more nervous, Miss Winnie has
promised to be my wife with your CON
sent, which hope l have"
Unluoky Charley! he did not know
that, as he sat facing his visitor, a
breath of that self-same wind having
found a chink somewhere in the office
window, was blowing directly upon the
back of Father Deanes head, sending
keen darts through it in every direction
Nonsense growed the old gentle
man ticrcely; you are both too young.
Neither of you know your own minds
yet"
eve arc willing to wait if that be
your wish, replied Charley Il only
wanted your consent that it might take
place some time.
"rll not consent to anything. Never
did believe in long engagements When
you are both Older than you are now I'll
consider the matter, not before. Good
morning, sir.
Poor Charley he had always supposed
that Mr.. Deanc was rather partial to
him Poor Charley ! who went out in
a state Of sore perplexity, wondering
what in the world he could have done to
so offend Mr. Deane. Poor Charley
who suddenly walked up TO the fact that
it was horrid morning in particular
and a most dismal world in general.
we may soon aoo'' It "S nun 80 We
please Out variable "e'' lieI Is d p'es'co
'''i''S sum ',''''
changes ior Tue oe'ler'
Fa'her De''no away i'n'n'0 q,
restaurant "ini"S AZ nome '',le[ once
houfS' Now :. 50 h"PPenC0 'io' 'ii0
"lho 'ooA d s'''u'" '''''' anu y ''i' 'ii,ie
ne Ne"' o"' 'o' '''' INC" '"''' was III. .
gehtlest ol pfoe"oS from INC aou''i WIN
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-03
LED ASTRAY,

George Peck, editor of PecRs Stta, is now doing the ripest and best work that has ever appeared in his paper. We take, from a recent issue of the Sun, this excellent piece of humor:
 There is always some one to intro duce an element of discord into the most solemn affairs of life. In the south it is . habit young white men have of disturbing colored camp meet ings. They do not break up the camp meetings by acts of violence, but they attack the weak places in the colored mans character. The young men know that at these camp meetings there is not one out of a hundred that knows what religion is. Tae colored people